5. Peter Crouch
Considering that Spurs would eventually pay £10m to bring Peter Crouch back to White Hart Lane in 2009, it’s fair to say that the club made a mistake in letting him leave on the cheap when still a youngster.
Crouch was sold to QPR in 2000 for just £60,000. Within four seasons he was playing in the Premier League for Southampton and winning the first of 42 England caps. Thankfully the club more than got their money’s worth after paying an eight-figure sum to re-sign the striker, with Crouch scoring the vital goal at the Etihad which clinched Champions League qualification in 2009-10, before eventually being sold to Stoke for another £10m fee.
4. Iago Falque
The Spanish winger had enough talent to have spells at Real Madrid,...